September 25, 2024
The Eleventh Circuit on Wednesday held that a lower court should've admitted prosecutors' evidence of alleged co-conspirators in a $400 million health insurance fraud case, finding that an exclusion to the hearsay rule was misapplied by the district court in the closely watched Anti-Kickback Statute litigation.
April 21, 2023
Landmark litigation over quid pro quo payments in health care is forcing providers to walk a fine line between perfectly legal conduct and exposure to "huge monetary penalties" and prison time, a BigLaw veteran and onetime architect of government health fraud protocols told Law360.
January 02, 2023
The Peach State's highest court is set to determine in 2023 the constitutionality of the state's punitive damages cap as applied to a $50 million verdict against an employer, as well as the level of responsibility companies have in foreseeing harm to visitors on their property, with Georgia's business-friendly reputation on the line.
January 02, 2023
The coming year is set to bring trials in high-profile corruption and kickback prosecutions, first bellwethers for two notable multidistrict cases, and an airing of securities fraud claims over Elon Musk's Tesla tweets, among others.
December 07, 2022
A Georgia federal judge rejected attempts by defendants in a $400 million health care kickbacks case to toss it due to delays, describing it on Wednesday as one of the most complex criminal cases she has encountered.
November 17, 2022
A yearslong $400 million fraud and kickbacks case against former health care executives has suffered a substantial blow before trial from a Georgia federal judge, who says prosecutors have presented "scant" evidence of willful misconduct.
October 27, 2022
Former health care executives accused of orchestrating a $400 million fraud and kickbacks scheme have asked a Georgia federal judge to toss the charges against them, blaming prosecutors for dragging their feet and causing unwarranted delays.
September 29, 2020
As coronavirus levels stay high in Georgia, the federal district that includes Atlanta said Tuesday it will hold no jury trials before next year, including high-profile showdowns like the $400 million kickbacks case against two former Tenet Healthcare Corp. executives.
April 16, 2019
A Georgia federal judge has barred an expert witness from testifying on the federal government's behalf in a case in which two former Tenet Healthcare Corp. executives are accused of netting $400 million in kickbacks, describing the lack of support for the expert's opinions as "troubling."
January 01, 2019
The coming year's white collar docket is an active one, with several large health care fraud cases set to go to trial and post-trial litigation that could shape the law in insider trading and other financial crimes and affect how companies cooperate in criminal probes.